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New Democracy to take second stab at leadership vote on Dec 20
PoliticsGreek Politicsnot lead to one candidate gaining more than 50 percent of the vote, a run-off vote between the two leading
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Broad agenda for Kerry's visit to Athens
PoliticsForeign Policybegin in the first quarter of 2016. Energy issues and trilateral cooperation One of the main issues
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Privatisation of power transmission firm ADMIE a key challenge among prior actions
EconomyProgrammeThe privatisation of the electricity transmission company (ADMIE) is one of the thirteen prior actions Greece has to implement by December 11 to unlock the next sub-tranche of 1 billion. According to the third memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed with eurozone partners in mid-August, the Greek
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Pension reform wrangle prompts Greece to consider going own way on contributions rise
EconomyProgrammethe necessary adjustment. This method was also the one highlighted by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras
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Energy drives closer cooperation between Greece, Cyprus and Egypt
PoliticsForeign PolicyGreece, Cyprus and Egypt have agreed to accelerate talks on the outstanding issues related to the delineation of the three countries' Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ). This was one of the new elements in this trilateral cooperation, which was included in the Athens Declaration signed on Wednesday
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Management of NPLs to test gov't in negotiations with lenders
Economybillion at the end of September, according to market sources. NPL management At the moment only one
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Greece and lenders seen inching towards deal on ADMIE
EconomyProgrammeThe Greek government and the institutions have reportedly reached an initial agreement on the privatisation of the electricity transmission company (ADMIE), which is one of the 13 milestones Greece has to implement to receive the next sub-tranche of 1 billion. According to government sources cited
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Greek firms rely on public procurement most in EU but also suspect corruption, survey indicates
Societyas a problem when doing business, far above the EU average of 62 percent and Estonia, where just over one
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Primary cash surplus notably widens by 1.9 bln to 4.48 bln by November
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s central government primary cash surplus notably widened by 72 percent to 4.48 billion in the 11-month period of 2015 from 2.6 billion in the corresponding period last year, Bank of Greece (BoG) figures showed on Thursday. Excluding several one-off items related to revenues from
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Poposki visit significant but Greek-FYROM relations yet to find sure footing
PoliticsForeign Policy’s intention to put forward some ideas on a potential solution was one of the issues Kotzias
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